Yeah, DDA got started when some people from the dwarf fortress forums forked the original Cataclysm by Whales. There's also Bright Nights which forked from DDA

Yeah, DDA got started when some people from the dwarf fortress forums forked the original Cataclysm by Whales. There's also Bright Nights which forked from DDA a few years back and focuses on fun over realism.